Press Releases 2008

Pre-budget report announces one off payment for disabled children
24 November 2008
Campaign call for further measures to tackle child poverty

Help for families with disabled children in Scotland facing fuel poverty welcomed
24 October 2008
Campaign calls for winter fuel allowance for disabled children in England

Disabled children miss out on childhood
22 September 2008
Campaign calls for better 'places to go and things to do' for disabled children and young people

Disabled children 'may be let down by devolved NHS'
18 June 2008
Not one English PCT can quantify spend on services for disabled children or children with palliative care needs

Carers Strategy leaves parents of disabled children in poverty
10 June 2008
EDCM calls for increase in Carer's Allowance

Families with disabled children face biggest increase in poverty risk
10 June 2008
EDCM calls for further action to meet child poverty targets

Disabled children may have 'worst housing' in Britain
4 June 2008
Campaign calls for action as evidence shows housing crisis facing families with disabled children.

Ed Balls - 'A chance for transformation' for disabled children
15 May 2008
EDCM challenges all councils and health bodies to take chance to change lives for disabled children and families

Draft legislative programme brings opportunities for disabled children
14 May 2008
EDCM highlights education, welfare and housing reform

EDCM welcomes child poverty measures in Budget
12 March 2008
Disabled children highlighted as 'particularly vulnerable'

MPs call for action on disabled children and child poverty
3 March 2008
New report supports calls to extend winter fuel payments

Money matters to families with disabled children
26 February 2008
New report confirms link between disability and poverty

EDCM welcomes targeted funding and new strategy for palliative care
19 February 2008
£20m for children with life-limiting conditions

European court rules in favour of carers rights
1 February 2008
Discrimination 'by association' confirmed as unlawful

Fuel poverty hits families with disabled children hardest
25 January 2008
Campaign calls for extension of winter fuel allowance to most vulnerable

Local Authorities challenged to deliver for disabled children
11 January 2008
EDCM calls for indicator on disabled children to be priority in local agreements

Call for families to test law on short breaks
8 January 2008
Legal experts say right to breaks may already exist